Salutary
/ˈsæljətɛɹi/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
"salutary advice"
- 2 Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.
"In the living state, the body is observed to […] reject what is noxious; to select what is salutary; […]"
Adjective
- 1 tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health wordnet
Example
More examples"The European fuel protests of 2000 were an excellent example of what will happen when we are deprived of our petrol and a salutary warning."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).